The Nature of the Machine and the Collapse of Cybernetics: A Transhumanist Lesson for Emerging Technologies

Author:   Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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9783319854120


Pages:   299
Publication Date:   01 August 2018
Format:   Paperback
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The Nature of the Machine and the Collapse of Cybernetics: A Transhumanist Lesson for Emerging Technologies


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Author:   Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   3.999kg
ISBN:  

9783319854120


ISBN 10:   3319854127
Pages:   299
Publication Date:   01 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Cybernetics, an approach for understanding control and communication in a very general way that applies to both machines and living systems, thrived as a movement for about a decade after WW II. ... This is a technical scholarly work with ample primary source citations ... . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. (D. Bantz, Choice, Vol. 56 (1), September, 2018)


Anyone interested and involved in pervasive computation and ubiquitous machine learning will find this book makes stimulating reading. (J.J. Ramsden, Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 21, 2021) Cybernetics, an approach for understanding control and communication in a very general way that applies to both machines and living systems, thrived as a movement for about a decade after WW II. ... This is a technical scholarly work with ample primary source citations ... . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. (D. Bantz, Choice, Vol. 56 (1), September, 2018)


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Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson pursued studies in philosophy in Latin America, French Canada and Toronto, where he obtained a doctorate from York University. He is currently working on the implications of emergent technologies for the future of humanity, particularly in what regards human identity, ethics and policy. He currently teaches at Seneca and Humber colleges, in Toronto.

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